Add vipapps.py, an admin tool to manage VIP apps

- Self-contained in vipapps/vipapps.py
- Depends on vipclient, with a minor patch for generic GET/PUT requests

Author: Nicolas Georges

src/vip_client/utils/vip.py

@@ -308,6 +308,18 @@ def download_parallel(files):
         # Transparent connexion between executor.map() and the caller of download_parallel()
         yield from executor.map(download_thread, files)
 
+def generic_get(endpoint)->list:
+    url = __PREFIX + endpoint
+    rq = SESSION.get(url, headers=__headers)
+    manage_errors(rq)
+    return rq.json()
+
+def generic_put(endpoint,data)->list:
+    url = __PREFIX + endpoint
+    rq = SESSION.put(url, headers=__headers, json=data)
+    manage_errors(rq)
+    return rq.json()
+
 ################################ EXECUTIONS ###################################
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def list_executions()->list:

vipapps/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This is an admin-level tool to manage VIP apps descriptors.
+
+For commands that communicate with a VIP instance, set these two
+environment variables:
+- `export VIP_API_URL=...`  # VIP-portal host URL (without /rest)
+- `export VIP_API_KEY=...`  # Your API key (admin level required)
+
+Then see usage with:
+`python3 ./vipapps/vipapps.py --help`
+or `python3 ./vipapps/vipapps.py <command> --help`